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Meetings lasted from 12pm to nearly 3pm today with only about a 15 minute break between the two.
We internally showed some demos of some awesome things that are coming to @… in the future.
These are things that have been in the works for quite some time and I can't wait for everyone to see them, use them and talk more about them!…

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Physical Properties and Kinematics of Dense Cores Associated with Regions of Massive Star Formation from the Southern Sky
L. E. Pirogov, P. M. Zemlyanukha, E. M. Dombek, M. A. Voronkov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03074 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.03074
arXiv:2403.03074v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The results of spectral observations in the $\sim 84-92$ GHz frequency range of six objects in the southern sky containing dense cores and associated with regions of massive stars and star clusters formation are presented. The observations were carried out with the MOPRA-22m radio telescope. Within the framework of the local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) approximation, the column densities and abundances of the H$^{13}$CN, H$^{13}$CO$^ $, HN$^{13}$C, HC$_3$N, c-C$_3$H$_2$, SiO, CH$_3$C$_2$H and CH$_3$CN molecules are calculated. Estimates of kinetic temperatures ($\sim 30-50$ K), sizes of emission regions ($\sim 0.2-3.1$ pc) and virial masses ($\sim 70-4600~M_{\odot}$) are obtained. The line widths in the three cores decrease with increasing distance from the center. In four cores, asymmetry in the profiles of the optically thick lines HCO$^ $(1-0) and HCN(1-0) is observed, indicating the presence of systematic motions along the line of sight. In two cases, the asymmetry can be caused by contraction of gas. The model spectral maps of HCO$^ $(1-0) and H$^{13}$CO$^ $(1-0), obtained within the framework of the non-LTE spherically symmetric model, are fitted into the observed ones. The radial profiles of density ($\propto r^{-1.6}$), turbulent velocity ($\propto r^{-0.2}$), and contraction velocity ($\propto r^{0.5}$) in the G268.42--0.85 core have been calculated. The contraction velocity profile differs from that expected both in the case of free fall of gas onto a protostar ($\propto r^{-0.5}$), and in the case of global core collapse (contraction velocity does not depend on distance). A discussion of the obtained results is provided.

Sarah Nickel, "Coming Home: Creating Halfway Houses for Indigenous Women in Canada’s West"
April 18, 5PM (EDT), Université de Montréal, C-2059 and on Zoom (registration below) @…
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After two weeks of thwarted attempts, the Arizona House of Representatives voted Wednesday to ⭐️repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864, ⭐️with three Republican lawmakers breaking from their party to join Democrats in striking it down. 
The bill passed with a vote of 32-28 and has been sent to the state Senate for approval.
Because the legislature is meeting just one day a week while budget negotiations ramp up, the earliest the upper chamber can take action on the bill is Ma…

AZ House has voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban upheld by the Supreme Court
After three weeks of trying, the Arizona House of Representatives has voted to repeal a near-total abortion ban that was written in 1864 after the state Supreme Court earlier this month ruled that it could be enforced, setting the stage for the end of abortion services in the Grand Canyon State.

Huge. *The* higher education story to watch - not just in Canada but internationally.
RE: tuition hikes for out-of-province Canadian and international students for the only three English universities in Quebec: 'We are undertaking...legal action because we believe that these measures are illegal and if upheld, will threaten McGill’s mission,' Deep Saini, President and VC @…

McGill launches legal challenge against government measures
Following a unanimous vote at a special Board meeting on February 15, McGill University today launched a legal challenge against two measures announced by the Government of Quebec on December 14, 2023: Tuition increases for Canadian students from outside Quebec studying in undergraduate and professional master’s programs; and Changes to the funding model for international students studying in undergraduate and professional master’s programs. The University is asking the court to issue a sta…

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“The two justices whose comings and goings are probably of the most interest to the general public appear to be shielding some of that travel by solely availing themselves of security resources not subject to open records requests,” FTC’s Gabe Roth said.
“Maybe there’s an innocuous explanation for this. But given the opacity we’ve seen from the Court, especially when it comes to travel, maybe there’s not.”

Dozens of Previously Unreported SCOTUS Trips in New Marshals Documents — But Justice Thomas and the Chief Justice Are Nowhere to be Found - Fix the Court
Ditching deputy marshals at the gates of Bohemian Grove. An extravagant birthday party at Lincoln Center. Religious services at a Brooklyn theater. Annual vacations to Colorado. Dialing in to oral argument from Florida. “Business meetings.” A meeting with a congressman. These are a few of the justices’ more than 200 previously unreported activities that appear in the 4,042 […]

It ain’t overthrowing the government.
It ain’t stealing classified documents.
But it’ll do.
Judge Merchan rebuked the Trump team for motions meant to reargue questions he had decided earlier. (“A waste of this Court’s valuable resources.”)
Most significant: The DA now has permission to argue in court for elevating the case from a squalid tabloid dispute into a historical case about whether💥 Trump sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 election improperly.…

Stormy Weather Ahead for Trump
Rulings by the New York State judge in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial increase the odds of a Trump conviction.

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